Note: Descriptions are shown in the official language in which they were submitted.
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S P E C I F I C A T I O N
'I'itle of the I nvention
Slide Fastener Elements Made of
Helically Wound Monofilament
and Method of Forming the Same
BackYround of the Invention
l. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to slide fastener elements, which is made
of a helically wound synthetic resin monofilament and which has
0 basically interengaging heads and turns, and relates to the method
of forming the above mentioned slide fastener elements.
2. Prior Art
In prior art, for example, in USP No. 3057030, as shown in Fig.
l 8, slide fastener elements made of a helically wound synthetic
resin monofilament are formed by pressing a monofilament at
suitable intervals in order to form widened portions. Then, this
pressed monofilament is wound helically, while the widened
portions are used as bending portions to be interengaging heads A
and turns B.
However, in these slide fastener elements, the interengaging
heads A and turns B of the slide fastener elements are formed by
pressing the monofilament from the both upper and lower sides,
further, they are provided in planes perpendicular to fastener tapes
of a slide fastener chain respectively at the bending portions~
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Therefore, during the slide fastener chain is formed or used, the
bending portions are often disarranged from their precise locations
and the cross section of the slide fastener elements is often
deformed. As a result, the slide fastener elements can not keep
precise interengagement surely.
Summary of the Invention
Hereinafter, "slide fastener elements made of a helically wound
monofilament" will be sometimes expressed by "coil-shaped slide
fastener elements".
0 lt is the object of the present invention to provide coil-shaped
slide fastener elements, which are made of a synthetic resin
material, the bending portions of wllich can be arranged correctly
and the cross section of which are not deformed so that the opposed
pair of coil-shaped slide fastener elements can be interengaged
each other precisely and surely. lt is another object of the present
invention to provide the method by which the above mentioned
coil-shaped slide fastener elements can be formed at the high-
speed.
Coil-shaped slide fastener elements related to the present
invention are made of synthetic resin monofilament. Each slide
fastener element comprises an interengaging head, a pair of
interengaging head-side widened portions, upper and lower legs, a
turn and a pair of connecting portions.
The interengaging head is formed to be arranged on one-line in
the longitudinal direction of the slide fastener elements.
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The pair of interengaging head-side widened portions are
formed at the both upper and lower sides of the interen~aging head
respectively .
The upper and lower legs e~tend from the both ends of the
5 interengaging head through the pair of interengaging head-side
widened portions respectively so as to transverse the longitudinal
direction of the slide fastener elements.
The turn extends between an upper leg of one slide fastener
element and a lower leg of an adjacent slide fastener element
10 through tbe pair of connecting portions.
The pair of connecting portions are formed at the both upper
and lower sides of the turn respectively.
The interengaging head is formed by pressing the
monofilament to be widened at its portions corresponding to the
interengaging head. The pair of interengaging head-side widened
portions and the pair of connecting portions are formed by pressing
the monofilament to be widened at its portions adjacent to the
interengaging head and the turn respectively.
The monofilament is bent at the pair of interengaging head-
20 side widened portions and the pair of connecting portions. Sincethey are formed by pressing the monofilament so as to be widened,
the bending portions are determined correctly. Accordingly, the
monofilament can be wound precisely and easily. Therefore, the
interengaging head can be always arranged on the one-line in the
25 longitudinal direction of the coil-shaped slide fastener elements,
thus, opposed pair of coil-shaped slide fastener elements can be
interengaged surely. On the other hand, the turns extend between
adjacent slide fastener elements obliquely so as to be parallel each
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other on the side view of the coil-shaped slide fastener elements.
Accordingly, the external side faces of the turns are arranged on
one-line on the plan view of the coil-shaped slide fastener
elements, thus, a slider can be slid smoothly.
While the shape of the interengaging head can be kept exactly,
the monofilament is bent at the interengaging head-side widened
portions disposed at the both sides of the interengaging head.
Accordingly, a predetermined interval between the upper and
lower legs can be kept. Therefore, when the opposed pair of coil-
0 shaped slide fastener elements are interengaged, a portion of the
interengaging head of one coil-shaped slide fastener element can be
engaged surely between the upper and lower legs of the other coil-
shaped slide fastener element. At the same time, the interengaging
head-side widened portions of the opposed pair of coil-shaped slide
fastener elements can be interengaged deeply until that turn-side
faces of the opposed interengaging head-side widened portions are
brought into contact with each other.
On the other hand, the pair of connecting portions prevent
sewing threads from slipping from the legs, tllereby the attaching
direction of the coil-shaped slide fastener elements can be kept
exactly.
As a result, the cross section of the coil-shaped slide fastener
elements are not deformed and predetermined pitches of the coil-
shaped slide fastener elements can be kept for the stable and
z5 precise interengagement of the opposed pair of coil-shaped slide
fastener elements.
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According to the present invention, a method of forming the
coil-shaped slide fastener elements made of the synthetic resin
monofilament is also provided.
ln this method, the monofilament is pressed to be widened at
5 its portions corresponding to each interengaging head which is
arranged on one-line in the longitudinal direction of the coil-shaped
slide fastener elements. Further, the monofilament is pressed to be
widened at its portions adjacent to the interengaging head and the
turn to form the pair of interengaging head-side widened portions
0 and the pair of connecting portions respectively. The pair of
interengaging head-side widened portions are disposed between
the interengaging head and the pair of upper and lower legs
respectively. The pair of connecting portions are disposed between
the turn and the pair of upper and lower legs respectively.
Then, the monofilament is wound helically, while the
monofilament is bent at the pair of interengaging head-side
widened portions and the pair of connecting portions.
Due to the interengaging head-side widened portions and the
connecting portions, the monofilament can be bent easily and
20 correctly. Consequently, the coil-shaped slide fastener elements can
be formed at the high-speed.
Further objects and advantages of the present invention will be
apparent from the following description, reference being had to the
accompanying drawing wherein preferred embodiments of the
25 present invention are clearly shown.
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Brief Description of the Drawings
Fig. I is a perspective view of coil-shaped slide fastener
elements attached to a fastener tape related to the present
invention;
Fig. 2 is a plan view of an opposed pair of interengaging coil-
shaped slide fastener elements attached to an opposed pair of
fastener tapes respectively;
Fig. 3 is a section taken on line lll-lll in Fig. 2;
Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of an opposed pair of
0 interengaging coil-shaped slide fastener elements;
Fig. 5 is a side view of turns of Fig. 2;
Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view of an opposed pair of
interengaging coil-shaped slide fastener elements where core cord
is not threaded;
Fig. 7 is a plan view of a monofilament which is pressed
partially;
Figs. 8-i ~ 8-v are illustrations showing one by one operation
for forming coil-shaped slide fastener elements;
Fig. 9 is a cross sectional view of a stamping roller;
Figs. l()-i and lO-ii are plan views of modified embodiment of
turns;
Fig. ll is a plan view of a monofilament which is pressed
partially in second embodiment;
Fig. 12 is an illustration showing operation of winding a
monofilament around a mandrel in second embodiment;
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Fig. 13 is a plan view of an opposed pair of interengaging coil-
shaped slide fastener elements attached to an opposed pair of
fastener tapes respectively in second embodiment;
Fig. 14 is a cross sectional view of an opposed pair of
5 interengaging coil-shaped slide fastener elements in second
embodiment;
Fig. lS is a section taken on line XV-XV in Fig. 13;
Fig. 16 is a cross sectional view of an opposed pair of
interengaging coil-shaped slide fastener elements where core cord
0 is not threaded in second embodiment;
Fig. 17 is an illustration showing operation suppressing
disengagement of coil-shaped slide fastener elements with
interengaging head-side widened portions in second embodiment;
Fig. 18 shows plan view and side views of conventional coil-
shaped slide fastener elements.
Description of the Preferred Embodiment
Now, the present invention is described referring to the
drawings .
As shown in Fig. 1, slide fastener elements 1 of the present
20 invention is made of a helically wound monofilament 19 made of
thermoplastic synthetic resin such as polyamide, polyester and the
like. In each coil-shaped slide fastener element, an interengaging
head 3, a pair of interengaging head-side widened portions 6, 7,
upper and lower legs 4 S, a turn 10 and a pair of connecting
25 portions 11 , 1 2 are provided.
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As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the interengaging l1ead 3 is always
arranged on one-line in the longitudinal direction of the slide
fastener elements 1. Then, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the
interengaging head 3 is formed by pressing the monofilament l 9
5 having, for example, circular cross section at its portion
corresponding to the interengaging head 3 from the upper side in
Fig. 8, with a small width of the vertical direction to the longitudinal
direction of the monofilament l 9 so as to be projected transversely
and widened.
Then, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the pair of interengaging head-
side widened portions 6, 7 are formed at the both sides (upper and
lower sides in the cross sectional view of the coil-shaped slide
fastener element l ) of the interengaging head 3 respectively. Then,
the pair of interengaging head-side widened portions 6, 7 are
5 formed by pressing the monofilament I9 at its portions adjacent to
the interengaging head 3 from the upper side in Fig. 8 with a small
width of the vertical direction to the longitudinal direction of the
monofilament l9 so as to be projected transversely. In this case,
the interengaging head-side widened portions 6, 7 are formed so as
20 to be smaller than the interengaging head 3. When each pair of
interengaging head-side widened portions 6, 7 are formed, each
pair of pressed portions 8, 9 are formed naturally at the same time.
ln this embodiment, each pair of interengaging head-side widened
portions 6, 7 are disposed so as to be connected to each
25 interengaging head 3 respectively. Alternatively, as shown in Fig.
l l, in second embodiment explained after, each pair of
interengaging head-side widened portions 6a, 7a can be disposed so
as to be separated from each interengaging head 3a.
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As shown in Fig. 1, the turn 10 extends between an upper leg 4
of one slide fastencr element and a lower legs 5 of an adjacent slide
fastener element through the pair of connecting portions l l, 12 and
is made of the monofilament 19 having the original circular cross
5 section being not deformed. Accordingly, the turn 10 extends
between adjacent slide fastener elements obliquely so as to be
parallel each other on the side view of the coil-shaped slide
fastener elements (Fig. 5). Accordingly, the external side faces of
the turns are arranged Oll one-line on the plan view of the coil-
0 shaped slide fastener elements (Fig. 2).
As ShOWIl ill Figs. 7 and 8, the pair of connecting portions ll,12 are formed at the both sides (upper and lower sides in the cross
sectional view of the coil-shaped slide fastener element l ) of tl1e
turn 10 respectively in the same manner as the above mentioned
15 pair of interengaging head-side widened portions 6, 7; by pressing
the monofilament l9 at its portions adjacent to the turn lO with a
small width of the vertical direction to the longitudinal direction of
the monofilament l9 so as to be projected transversely. Then, a
pair of pressed portions 13, 14 are formed naturally at the same
20 time.
Next, the monofilament 19, which is pressed partially in the
above mentioned manner, is wound around a mandrel 20 so as to
be the coil-shaped slide fastener elements 1. In this case, the pair
of interengaging head-side widened portions 6, 7 and the pair of
25 connecting portions l l, 12 are used as the bending portion of the
monofilament 19.
The advantages of the coil-shaped slide fastener elements l
related to the present invention will be shown clearly as follows;
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The pair of interengaging head-side widened portions 6, 7 and
the pair of connecting portions l l, 12 are formed by pressing the
monofilament l 9 so as to be widened, the bending portions can be
determined correctly. Accordingly, the monofilament can be wound
5 precisely and easily. Therefore, as shown in Figs. l and 3, the
interengaging head 3 can be always arranged on the one-line in the
longitudina1l direction of the coil-shaped slide fastener elements l,
thus, the opposed pair of coil-shaped slide fastener elements 1, l
can be interengaged surely. On the other hand, as explained before,
10 as shown in Fig. 2, the external side faces of the turns l0, 10 are
arranged on one-line on the plan view of the coil-shaped slide
fastener elements, thus, a slider l 7 (Fig. 4) can be slid smoothly.
Additionally, when the slider l 7 is slid, even if complemental forces
are applied transversely to the opposed pair of coil-shaped slide
15 fastener elements l, 1, as shown in Fig. 4, since every turn 10 is
brought into contact completely with the inner face of a guide
flange l 8 of the slider l 7, the interengagement of the opposed pair
of coil-shaped slide fastener elements 1, 1 can be kept surely.
ln winding helically the monofilament 19, while the shape of
20 the interengaging llead 3 can be kept exactly, the monofilament l 9
is bent at the interengaging head-side widened portions 6, 7
disposed at the both sides of the interengaging head 3. Accordingly,
a predetermined interval between the upper and lower legs 4, 5
can be kept. Therefore, when the opposed pair of coil-shaped slide
25 fastener elements 1, l are interengaged, a portion of the
interengaging head 3 of one coil-shaped slide fastener element can
be engaged surely between the upper and lower legs 4, 5 of the
other coil-shaped slide fastener element. At the same time, as
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shown in Fig. 2, the interengaging head-side widened portions 6~ 6t
7, 7 of the opposed pair of coil-shaped slide fastener elements 1, 1
can be interengaged deeply until that turn-side faces of the
opposed interengaging head-side widened portions 6, 6, 7, 7 are
5 brought into contact with each other.
On the other hand, as shown in Fig. 1, due to the pair of
connecting portions 11 , 1 2, sewing threads 1 5 for attaching the coil-
shaped slide fastener elements 1 to a fastener tape 2 can be
prevented from slipping from the upper and lower legs 4, S.
0 Accordingly, even if a pulling force is applied to the opposed pair of
coil-shaped slide fastener elements 1, 1 transversely, the attaching
direction of the coil-shaped slide fastener elements 1, 1 to the
fastener tapes 2, 2 can be kept.
As a result, the cross section of the coil-shaped slide fastener
elements 1 is not deformed and predetermined pitches of the coil-
shaped slide fastener elements can be kept thereby the inter-
engagement of the opposed pair of coil-shaped slide fastener
elements 1, 1 can be ensured precisely and stably.
In the above embodiment, as shown in Fig. 1, a core cord 16
20 made of fiber is threaded between the upper and lower legs 4, 5.
However, Fig. 6 shows the opposed pair of coil-shaped slide fastener
elements 1, 1 where the core cord is not threaded. Also in this case,
since the coil-shaped slide fastener element has the pair of
interengaging head-side widened portions 6, 7 and pair of
25 connecting portions 11 , 1 2, the advantages of the present invention
can be obtained sufficiently.
Now, a method of forming the coil-shaped slide fastener
elements 1 will be explained. Figs. 7, 8, 9 and 10 show the forming
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operation of the coil-shaped slide fastener elements 1. The
monofilament 19 is made of the synthetic resin material. As shown
in Fig. 7, alternately along the monofilament 19~ a number of
interengaging heads 3, 3, are formed by pressing the monofilament
19 at its portions corresponding to the interengaging heads 3, 3 and
a number of pairs of interengaging head-side widened portions 6, 7,
6, 7 and pairs of connecting portions 11, 12, 11, 12 are formed by
pressing the monofilament 19 at its portions adjacent to the
interengaging heads 3, 3 and the turns 10, 10 respectively.
0 Next, as shown in Fig. 8, the monofilament 19 which has been
pressed partially is wound around the mandrel 20 having
substantially rectangular cross section so as to be the coil-shaped
slide fastener elements 1. One pitch of the coil-shaped slide
fastener elements 1 is formed in the manner shown in Figs. 8-i ~ 8-
v. The core cord 16 is put along a trough of the mandrel 20 so as to
be threaded between the upper and lower legs 4, 5. Then, as shown
in Fig. 8-i, the monofilament 19 is wound around the mandrel 20 so
that each pressed face of the pressed portions 8, 9, 13, 14 directs
outside of the wound monofilament 19.
Since the pair of interengaging head-side widened portions 6, 7
and the pair of connecting portions 11, 12 are formed by pressing
the monofilament 19 to be widened, the monofilament 19 can be
bent there and wound around the mandrel 20 along its peripheral
corners one by one precisely and easily. As a result, the coil-
shaped slide fastener elements 1 can be formed at the high-speed.
Further, in this embodiment, as shown in Fig. 8, the
monofilament 19 is pressed to be bent so that the interengaging
head 3 is deeper than the interengaging head-side widened
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portions 6, 7. Then, the monofilament 19 is projected toward the
opposite side to its pressed surface at the interengaging head 3.
Therefore, when the monofilament 19 is wound around the mandrel
20, this projected portion of the interengaging head 3 is pressed
5 toward the mandrel 20. Accordingly, a resiliency is applied to the
pair of widened portions 6, 7 so that the predetermined interval
between the upper and lower legs 4, 5 can be kept more exactly.
Therefore, when the opposed pair of coil-shaped slide fastener
elements 1, 1 are interengaged, a portion of the interengaging head
0 3 of one coil-shaped slide fastener element can be engaged more
surely between the upper and lower legs 4, S of the other coil-
shaped slide fastener element. As a result, the stable
interengagement of the opposed pair of coil-shaped slide fastener
elements 1, 1 can be ensured.
The interengaging head 3 and the pair of interengaging head-
side widened portions 6, 7 and the pair of connecting portions 11,
12 are formed by pressing the monofilament 19 with a stamping
roller 21. Fig. 9 shows a cross section of the important portion of
the stamping roller 21. This roller 21 comprises an external roller
20 22 and an inlernal roller 23. The external and internal rollers 21,
22 are rotated with the same peripheral velocity. The
monofilament 19 is running continuously according to the rotation
of the stamping roller 21. Along the internal peripheral surface of
the external roller 22, a number of projections; larger projections
25 24- 1, 24- 1, smaller projections 24-2, 24-3, 24-2, 24-3 and projections
26, 26 are provided. The larger projection 24- I presses the
monofilament 19 to form the interengaging head 3. The pair of
smaller projections 24-2, 24-3 are disposed to be at the before and
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behind sides of the larger projection 24- 1 in the rotating direction
of the stamping roller 21. The pair of smaller projections 24-2, 24-3
presses the monofilament 19 to form the pair of interengaging
head-side widened portions 6, 7 respectively. Each pair of
5 pro~ections 26, 26 are disposed to be apart from the smaller
projections 24-2, 24-3. The pair of projections 26, 26 presses the
monofilament 19 to form the pair of connecting portions 11, 12
respectively. On the other hand, along the external peripheral
surface of the internal roller 23, a number of grooves 27, 27 are
0 provided and correspond only the larger projections 24- 1, 24- 1 of
the external roller 22. The synthetic resin monofilament 19 is
pressed between the external roller 22 and the internal roller 23 so
as to be the monofilament 19 shown in Figs. 7 and 8. In this case,
by the larger projection 24-1 of the external roller 22 and the
groove 27 of the internal roller 23, as explained before, at the
interengaging head 3, the monofilament 19 is pressed to be bent so
that the interengaging head 3 is deeper than the interengaging
head-side widened portions 6, 7. Further, the monofilament 19 is
projected toward the opposite side to its pressed surface in order to
20 attain the sure engagement of the opposed pair of coil-shaped
fastener elements 1, 1 by keeping the predetermined interval
between the upper and lower legs 4, 5.
In the above embodiment, the larger projection 24-1 and the
smaller projections 24-2, 24-3 are provided on one stamping roller
25 21 so that the interengaging head 3 and the pair of interengaging
head-side widened portions 6, 7 are formed with one stamping
roller 21. However, the larger projection 24-1 and the smaller
projections 24-2, 24-3 might be provided on two different stamping
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rollers respectively so that the interengaging head 3 and the pair of
interengaging head-side widened portions 6, 7 are formed with the
different stamping rollers respectively. The stamping roller 21 is
preferably placed near the mandrel 20 for the precise and high-
5 speed forming operation. However, pressing operation with thestamping roller 21 and winding operation with the mandrel 20 can
be carried out respectively. ln case that each interengaging head 3
is not formed with the stamping roller 21, after the monofilament
19 is wound around the mandrel 20, for example, the wound
0 monofilament 19 might be pressed to form the interengaging head
3.
In each Fig. 10-i, 10-ii, the pair of connecting portions 11, 12 of
the turn 10 are disposed so as to be inclined with respect to the
longitudinal direction of the monofilament 19. In the opposed pair
5 of coil-shaped slide fastener elements 1, 1, the monofilaments 19,
19 are wound in the directions of anticlockwise and clockwise
respectively. In order to correspond these two winding directions,
there are two inclining directions. As shown in Fig. S, the turns 10,
10 are disposed so as be inclined to the fastener tape 2. Then, as
20 shown in Fig. 10-i, the pair of connecting portions 11, 12 are formed
by pressing the monofilament 19 so as to be inclined to the left side
with respect to the longitudinal direction of the monofilament 19
for the anticlockwise winding direction. As shown in Fig. 10-ii, the
pair of connecting portions 11, 12 are formed so as to be inclined to
25 the right side for the clockwise winding direction. Consequently,
the turn 10 is provided so as to correspond the winding direction of
the coil-shaped slide fastener elements 1 in order to keep exact
location of the turn 10.
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In the above mentioned embodiment, each pair of inter-
engaging head-side widened portions 6, 7 are formed to be
continued to each interengaging head 3. However, in second
embodiment, as shown in Figs. 11 ~ 17, each pair of interengaging
5 head-side widened portions 6a, 7a are formed separately with each
interengaging head 3a. Fig 11 shows a synthetic resin
monofilament l9a of second embodiment. The monofilament l9a is
pressed with a stamping roller. Then, the monofilament l9a is
wound around the mandrel 20 to be coil-shaped slide fastener
0 elements. ln this second embodiment, as shown in Fig. 12, the pair
of connecting portions 11 , 1 2 are formed by pressing the
monofilament l9a from the upper side of Fig. 12 of the
monofilament 19a so that the pressed faces of the pair of pressed
portions 13, 14 direct outside of the wound monofilament l9a. On
the other hand, as shown in Fig. 12, the interengaging head 3a and
the pair of interengaging head-side widened portions 6a, 7a are
formed by pressing the monofilament 1 9a from the lower side of
Fig. 12 of the monofilament l9a so that the pressed faces of pressed
portions 8a, 9a direct inside of the wound monofilament l9a. That
20 is to say, the pressed faces of the pair of pressed portions 8a, 9a
and the pressed faces of the pair of pressed portions 13, 14 are
opposite each other.
Due to the pair of widened portions 6a, 7a and the pair of
connecting portions 11, 12, the bending portions of the
25 monofilament l9a can be determined correctly. Accordingly, the
advantages explained before can be obtained. Further, in this
second embodiment, the pair of widened portions 6a, 7a are
provided at the both sides of the interengaging head 3a so as to be
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separated from the interengaging head 3a respectively. Therefore,
the monofilament 1 9a can be bent at the widened portions 6a, 7a
while any deformation of the interengaging head 3a is not caused.
Therefore, the predetermined interval between the upper and
5 lower legs 4, 5 can be kept more exactly, thus, as explained before,
a portion of interengaging head 3a of one coil-shaped slide fastener
element can be engaged more surely between the upper and lower
legs 4, 5 of the other coil-shaped slide fastener element. At the
same time, as shown in Fig. 13, the interengaging head-side
10 widened portions 6a, 6a, 7a, 7a of the opposed pair of coil-shaped
slide fastener elements can be interengaged deeply until that turn-
side faces of the opposed interengaging head-side widened portions
6a, 6a, 7a, 7a are brought into contact with each other. As a result,
also in this second embodiment, the stable interengagement of the
opposed pair of coil-shaped slide fastener elements can be ensured.
In this second embodiment, as explained above, the pressed
faces of the pair of pressed portions 8a, 9a and the pressed faces of
the pair of pressed portions 13, 14 are opposite each other.
Accordingly, when the monofilament 1 9a is wound around the
20 mandrel 20, as shown in Fig. 12, the pair of interengaging head-side
widened portions 6a, 7a are disposed at the external side of the
coil-shaped slide fastener elements. Therefore, as shown in Figs.
13, 14, the interengaging head-side widened portions 6a, 6a, 7a, 7a
of the opposed pair of coil-shaped slide fastener elements can be
25 interengaged surely each other against the pulling force applied
transversely to a slide fastener chain. Further, as shown in Fig. 17,
when a force is applied to the slide fastener chain from underside
of the opposed pair of fastener tapes 2, 2 in the direction indicated
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by the arrow of this figure, swing motions of the opposed pair of
coil-shaped slide fastener elements about the interengaging heads
3a, 3a are suppressed. Then, disengagement of the opposed pair of
coil-shaped slide fastener elements are prevented.
As shown in Fig. 16, the coil-shaped slide fastener elements of
second embodiment can be utilized also for the coil-shaped slide
fastener elements where the core cord is not threaded as explained
before referring to Fig. 6.
While preferred embodiments have been described, it is
0 apparent that the present invention is not limited to the specific
embodiments thereof.
